Five kilometers, or 3.1 miles, is a relatively short distance, and many people plan to run or walk it in Thanksgiving Day turkey trots. Locally, standing above the rest, quite literally in the East Bay hills, is the Piedmont Turkey Trot, returning for its 22nd year on Nov. 23.
“This is a fun race. It gets everyone out — competitive runners, families with strollers, extended family. It’s just really a special race,” says Jeanine Holmlund, a longtime member of the Piedmont Turkey Trot committee.
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